Poll: Do you think square enix should stop porting?

Yes
14 38.9%
No
10 27.8%
Sort of a Mixed Bag
12 33.3%

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Poll Square Enix addicted to ports? (Read 2495 times)

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well as much as I don't want to play FFV 5000 times over I also don't want them to make any new games because they have forgotten how to make good games. I guess idk!
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Concerning Final Fantasy... I dunno. If you didn't play the original, I guess these ports could be good, seeing as you really don't have to buy it if you've already played it, but all these remakes, recently... I'm actually pretty reactionary concerning them, I get a sinking feeling when I see one's been announced. I guess this is a biased opinion from people who played the games when they were younger, but they'll never have the heart of the actual games. :tsk:

To be honest, a proper next-gen remake would be cool to see, like the FFVII tech demo for PS3, but an actual game. This would be even more interesting for one of the SNES/NES ones... (Except maybe 1. We've seen enough of 1. Jesus.) I know it'd take more time and money, etc., but if you're just thinking about the final product... if they're completely remaking a game, it's a bit annoying to see them just settle for the handhelds... and usually the DS...

But yeah, things like Valkyire Profile and Final Fantasy Tactics (I wouldn't really count this with the other FFs in this context) on PSP really were much appreciated, given that they either didn't come to all regions, or were expensive as fuck. It would be nice to see other PSX games get a similar treatment... even just on the PSN would be nice. :rolleyes:

edit: wait, what do I mean 'even just on the PSN'? It would be awesome if it came to the PSN. If we're talking straight ports, I mean.
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they gave up on making good games


lol @ the new final fantasy fighting game coming out though
i anticipate it
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lol @ the new final fantasy fighting game coming out though
i anticipate it

I wasn't going to buy it but it's got Kefka so I have to.  :sad:
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I'm taking bets on how many of GamingWders have outgrown videogames.
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i admit even good games bore the shit out of me a lot of the time, but i can still PLAY them.  i've just outgrown feeling the need to play any game that isn't really worth it.  idk it feels like gamers just kind of swallow whatever swill the industry throws at them just to have SOMETHING to play, and i don't think a lot of gwers are like that anymore.  or at least, not as many.  i play games sometimes but only the ones that don't blow!!
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I've said before that when it comes to video games, I'm pretty much like a child; I'll play anything I see as fun. I don't give a shit about the specifics.

But that's just me.

As for everyone else, I think it might be prudent to just admit that they've outgrown videogames and move on to another hobby (or, join the industry and do something about it) than to be cynical about it and complain about the negative points of videogames, no matter how current or justified they are.
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if it sucks go do something else instead of acknowledging it so that maybe it will improve!!!


thats bad advice
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Square Enix needs to lock themselves in a room with nothing but copies of Parasite Eve, Brave Fence Musashi, and Einhander and not be allowed to leave until they figure out the right answer.

New Parasite Eve game.  Second part of the article.  That's probably all we'll get though...
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No, I understand that line of view and I pretty much knew that's what you were going to say.

I dunno. I mean, sometimes time for shit is just up. I used to be really into a lot of things, but as time passed and I grew more and more dissatisfied with or noticed its flaws, I usually just moved on to bigger and better things instead of complaining about it constantly and pointing out flaws. You 'grow out of things'. Not to say that videogames are inherently childish (because I use outgrown and growing out of it as expressions), but yeah, sometimes you just move on.

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but....my childhood!!!
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ten to one that parasite eve is a horrifying shadow of what the original(s) was/were
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Well to be fair, it is a port of a cellphone game.
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man real talk japan needs to drop that cellphone shit
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Damn that sucks. I enjoyed Parasite Eve quite a bit, maybe one of the only rpgs I did enjoy.
I'm bummed about that new one, I'm pretty disgusted with the whole movement to make phones do things besides call people. It seems a lot more sensical to put phones inside handheld games instead of vice versa.
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ITT people confuse ports with remakes and spin offs
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Port = from one console/handheld to another.

A remake can also be a port and a port can also be a remake; they're not mutually exclusive terms.
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A port is when the code is rewritten to make it work on a different platform.  Remakes are rewritten from scratch.  They aren't the same thing.

For example, there are about a babillion Tetris clones out there.  They are remakes, they are the same basic game but they are all written by different people with their own code.  When someone writes their own Tetris game for, say, a calculator, that's not a port, simply because they're writing it from scratch.
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To be honest, a proper next-gen remake would be cool to see, like the FFVII tech demo for PS3, but an actual game. This would be even more interesting for one of the SNES/NES ones... (Except maybe 1. We've seen enough of 1. Jesus.) I know it'd take more time and money, etc., but if you're just thinking about the final product... if they're completely remaking a game, it's a bit annoying to see them just settle for the handhelds... and usually the DS...


Yeah, this would be cool.  It's just damn laziness that they would port a game without updating the graphics for the latest generation console.  I mean, it's not like they would have to rewrite the gameplay, story, etc.  Something like this might actually be lucrative, god forbid.
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A port is when the code is rewritten to make it work on a different platform.  Remakes are rewritten from scratch.  They aren't the same thing.

For example, there are about a babillion Tetris clones out there.  They are remakes, they are the same basic game but they are all written by different people with their own code.  When someone writes their own Tetris game for, say, a calculator, that's not a port, simply because they're writing it from scratch.

Genuine curiosity here (as in, not a smartass question), what would you call something like FF4 DS? Would that also come under remake, or would there be, I dunno, a SPECIAL TERM to apply or something?